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We feature educational building blocks that will inspire even the youngest little builders. Our soft foam blocks and giant cardboard blocks can be thrown, stepped on and tumble down without causing injury. From soft fabric ABC blocks to standard unit wooden learning blocks, we carry building blocks for young toddlers, preschool children and older kids. We have classic ABC blocks, reproduction ABC blocks, stacking nursery blocks, standard unit blocks and even puzzle blocks.

Have you been searching for educational building blocks? Check out our selection of children's building blocks. Whether you are looking for kids giant building blocks or learning blocks, you have come to the right place.




The Benefits of Playing with Blocks

Kids and toddlers have plenty of things to play with. Each of these items has a corresponding fun factor that varies depending on the person's interests. This requires some experimentation before finding a certain object or set of objects that really have captivating or addictive properties. Although it is always nice to see young people play with their new found favorites, basic and general toys like building blocks should be a universal consideration for any toddler.

About Building Blocks

Building blocks are pieces that can have various forms, colors, and shapes where they can be assembled together to form new shapes and structures. There are no special sets of rules to be followed or restrictions on what can be build making these building blocks decent for cognitive development. Basic building blocks take the form of cubes and boxes where all the sides and faces are flat. While these types of blocks do not connect with one another, they can be conveniently used for stacking purposes, so building new structures is still possible. Many of these blocks come in different sets of colors so toddlers can expand their imagination and develop patterns. Some of the blocks may have textures as well so toddlers can get into the aesthetics of construction. A common example on how useful building blocks can be are the alphabet building blocks where toddlers can form words by building with them

Advantages of Playing with Building Blocks

Every toy encourages cognitive development to a certain degree, but building blocks literally open up limitless possibilities. Even with a seemingly limited amount of blocks to work with, toddlers may still be able to come up with some creative ways to build things. It also encourages them to think of ways to come up with something that looks good based on the available blocks. At the same time, dealing with building blocks is a wonderful way for the toddler to improve his or her counting skills.

Once the thrill dies down, things can be restored rather easily by simply adding more blocks to open up more ideas. More blocks always lead to bigger projects and the overall experience is enjoyable. Building blocks do not have to be the only objects involved with exercising creativity. They can adapt with other toys as well such as toy bulldozers or tools like toy shovels. Toddlers can associate blocks to anything if they use their imagination and if the colors are right, they should be able to blend in nicely.

Some building block sets may seem boring after being played with for a while but some of the pricier sets that include various shapes and connectors really churn out the cognitive development. These building block sets may include instructions so toddlers can learn how to follow guides in order to create something interesting or never thought possible.

My Toy Smart has many different varieties of building block sets available and the prices are low. You can always present toddlers with basic blocks before moving on to advanced block sets where the fun never ends.